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Potential bomb cyclone expected to wallop Northeast with heavy snow
Accuweather ^ | 3-9-22 | Renee Duff

Posted on 03/09/2022 4:47:34 PM PST by dynachrome

AccuWeather's expert team of meteorologists says a powerful and far-reaching storm will form at the end of the week and unload everything from heavy rain and gusty thunderstorms to high winds, snow and a rapid freeze-up across the eastern third of the United States.

"Confidence is growing for a significant storm that will bring wide-reaching impacts," AccuWeather Meteorologist Alex DaSilva said.

The end-of-the-week storm will form along the central Gulf Coast as frigid Arctic air dives southward and collides with warm, moist air across the South. From there, the storm is expected to ride north-northeastward along the leading edge of the cold push. This storm will arrive just days after a round of snow sweeps through the mid-Atlantic and New England around the middle of the week and another swath of snow blankets the Central states Wednesday through Thursday.

Forecasters say how far south and east that bitterly cold air plunges will play a pivotal role in the exact track of the storm and where the zones of rain, snow or a combination of the two set up.

(Excerpt) Read more at accuweather.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Weather
KEYWORDS: bombcyclone; doom; larrylucidope; moredoom; weather; winter; winterstorm
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To: RBW in PA; dynachrome

It seems to me that all of the ‘snow bomb storms/cyclones’ only hit New England. Anywhere else it is just a ‘snow storm.’


21 posted on 03/09/2022 5:08:10 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: nascarnation

Good Lord, they’re working it in deep. We had names like torrential rains, blizzard conditions, gale fore winds etc but this?


22 posted on 03/09/2022 5:08:18 PM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: Karliner

Sadly, it’s an effective tactic.

I’ve had poorly informed youts tell me that “they had to start naming winter storms because they’re so much more powerful than before”.


23 posted on 03/09/2022 5:10:05 PM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: dynachrome

Kids! Go haul in some more logs, it is going to be cold again.


24 posted on 03/09/2022 5:12:00 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
They give names to thunderstorms now?

Yea, just like they call Alabama the Crimson Tide. So call me Deacon Blues......

25 posted on 03/09/2022 5:13:08 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Larry Lucido

March has a tendency to produce some of the most disruptive weather in the way of storms.

The temperature contrast, and with it the humidity contrast, between the arctic, which is at peak cold just coming off winter, and the tropics, which have been warming since Dec with the sun moving northward, sets the stage for some dandy winter storms.

That’s why, for example, spring is typically tornado season and usually produces the worst tornado outbreaks.


26 posted on 03/09/2022 5:18:03 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: RBW in PA

Cyclone bomb.

27 posted on 03/09/2022 5:18:39 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Karliner
Bomb cyclone? I took a few meteorology courses and worked for surfline.com back in the 80’s and never heard of bomb cyclone.

The term has been in use since the 70’s and simply describes the rapid intensification of a low.

Likely you would have had to take a course in mesometeorology to run across the term, because I don’t even recall hearing it when I got my met degree.

28 posted on 03/09/2022 5:22:36 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: nascarnation

That’s my snark on the Weather Channel naming what used to be called “Alberta Clippers” that come across the midwest in Jan and Feb.

Or as Joe Bastardi terms it “Weaponization of Weather”

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Joe Bastardi is what a meteorologist is supposed to be. He is the real “bomb”. Love him.


29 posted on 03/09/2022 5:28:42 PM PST by mlitefan (Long time lurker...)
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To: dynachrome

It’s my fault.

I took the ice scraper out of my car.


30 posted on 03/09/2022 5:30:22 PM PST by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: metmom

Yea,

It is just a drop in pressure that is very impressive.

It will indicate a severe change of weather.

Back in the day Tornado or Hurricane warnings covered it.

Blizzard warnings as well.


31 posted on 03/09/2022 5:31:33 PM PST by eyedigress (Trump is my President! )
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To: mlitefan
Alberta Clipper would be the perfect name for a weathergirl on TV.


32 posted on 03/09/2022 5:34:40 PM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 22 days from outliving Robert Reed (the father of the Brady Bunch))
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To: RBW in PA

Does the bomb cyclone have a Lazer like Dr evils shark...lol


33 posted on 03/09/2022 5:36:39 PM PST by aces (and )
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To: dynachrome
Lol…. Forecasting the weather! My corner of the world now is the NC mountains of Cherokee County, NC. This is what I get out of the weather forecasts at the cabin.

It will snow or rain or not. It will at least black ice the roads, pretty confident of that. It will blow a lot or a hell of a lot. It will get damn cold, especially with the wind chill being below zero F.

So, I'll fill my gas tank on the truck. Make a grocery run. Top up the battery on my head lamp, already have batteries for the flash light and have candles. Got long johns, parka and a down sleeping bag. Good to go. No electricity, no problem, just an annoyance.

34 posted on 03/09/2022 5:39:04 PM PST by Hootowl99
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To: eyedigress

But a bomb cyclone is not necessarily a tornado or hurricane.

It’s just a generic synoptic low whose center pressure drops rapidly a certain amount in a 24 hr period.

And it usually does come with strong, damaging winds as any steep pressure gradient would.


35 posted on 03/09/2022 5:44:28 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: Hootowl99

We lose power at the drop of a hat.

Sometimes on clear sunny days, if a tree lets go somewhere.

We’ll be ready as well. The temperatures are supposed to get pretty low Sat night, so we’ll just make sure the wood stove is cranked up and there’s a good supply of wood in the wood rack inside.


36 posted on 03/09/2022 5:46:53 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: eyedigress

I used to put in the mb readings on a RADAR every morning.

It was a long range high power system that had hundreds of miles of range. It would help with curvature.

Something strong with a 30mb drop would get missed.

Old school back in the 80’s.


37 posted on 03/09/2022 5:50:23 PM PST by eyedigress (Trump is my President! )
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To: metmom

I used to put in the mb readings on a RADAR every morning.

It was a long range high power system that had hundreds of miles of range. It would help with curvature.

Something strong with a 30mb drop would get missed.

Old school back in the 80’s.


38 posted on 03/09/2022 5:55:46 PM PST by eyedigress (Trump is my President! )
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To: RBW in PA
Yeah. Bomb cyclone. Snow storm. Blizzard.

Back in my day it all meant vacation from school.

39 posted on 03/09/2022 6:23:32 PM PST by LouAvul (LET'S GO BRANDON!)
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To: metmom

Thanks, and no, only took a couple classes when I was predicting surf on the west coast and Hawaii. Now it’s a real science. Term of bomb Cyclone never came up.

I got my degrees in other things but I had a blast talking to meteorologists and getting an education in meteorology. It’s still a fun hobby.


40 posted on 03/09/2022 6:27:17 PM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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